The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-08-27
THE REUNION.


snccrs AMI men present, who carried Tue
,,orv q, the SD through the war, Ihere
we're number Of speeches, CHIEF among
which were Surgeon welch and Colonel Hit
Their remarks were to the point ana were
vsu received The officers Of the regiment
were reelected.
THE 64rH
held their reunion at their headquarters on
An. grounds. There we're AZ Of the Old
members Of the regiment present No reg
,,,r speeches we're made, but merely an I'M
,romptu conversational discussion oil OH
times.
THE 9lsr
met in their headquarters tent on tue
grounds, with 10 present. 1t WAS the nrs'
reunion they had held. Doctor Leroy o.
s,r,,tor, WAS elected president ami wright
Adams secretary. II. A. Cook, former
,.,ember of the regiment, was present from
Cbaurauqua. N. Y. He WIS robbed OF his
,ocketbo,x while in town. lie left f'r his
home on thursday evening The 9lst will
meet again next year.
THE 18Th
ala, met on the grounds, in their regimentaI
L,,iou.rters tent. They hal little IN
sorp,l iolliication, and accepted the invita-
tio, of Comrale J. X. Ely, OF 20. IL, TO
meat with aim nert September (lo89)' at his
home. the Ce lars" six miles south OF
Morris.
1jTH CAVALRY.
q, T. Of tho 10th Illinois Cavalry, held a
Httle reuni n ut their tent, Thursday after.
nam vi h the following members present /:
c. Stem, FL Paso NJ j. Bosworth, Odell 1;
G A. Bo-worth, Marseilles; g. Lewis,
Hale, Iowa; J. p. Wilson, $. $. Willis, s. }.
Porter, G. II. Wesl, r Pounlstone, Ottawa (;
Austin Osm IN, Lisbon; j. l.. Barber, Thos
Llnmey, Seneca; U. S. Painter, Srei'or f;
J.W. Morgan, Chicago.
14rH CAVALRY
were entertained by the ladies OF the VI. H.
church. There were about forty five Of the
oil soldiers present, and most Of them
brought their families with them. they
came from Illinois, Iowa. Indiana, Arkansas,
Wisconsin and Nebraska. The Prairie Ten
ter band escorted them from the grounds TO
the church After fervent prayer by the
Rev. ID. J. Holmes they all partook ola most
boun,iful repast In this respect the ladies
Of the church deserve special praise for the
manner in which the veterans we're fed and
their wants administered to. Everything
that is good to eat was there. After the
banquet had been properly disposed of, the
toastnaster, Major James b. Dent, called the
following programme, which was carried out
with zeal:
Welcome, '-E A. Nattinger, Co. c, OF
lava, Ill.
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, M.
T. Choir.
.Our First Fight, corp, Rodney Kelly,
Co +, Vandalis Ill.
marching Trough Georgia. - NJ. T..
Choir.
Knoxville and East Tennessee, "-Major
nc Connolly, Rock Island, Ill.
"The North Carolina Raid, Capt. Albert
Capron, Co. A, Chicago, Ill.
'Libby,"-NaJor James b. Dent Angus
ia, Ark.
"Andersonvile, Corp. J. W. January,
Co. b, Minonk, III.
"On Picket Bart. H. Baldwin, Co. L.,
GAINESVILLE, Wis.
whoa Dat Mule, '--Quartermaster Chas.
West Lincoln, Ill,
The Ambulance Corps, Surgeon J. J.
wilkins, Tiskilwa, Ill.
"Many Are Dead aud Gone, Sturgeon
u. A. wilson, Peoria, Ill.
THE CAMP FIRE.
At the grounds, Thursday evening, there
was the grand camp fire Of the reunion The
exercises opened with band concert, at a
little after Z o'clock. At little before s
o'clock, Mr.. L. A. Naltnger arose on the
speakers platform and asked the attention
Of the people present liz said that the
speeches we're not to be prepared orations ;
there would be no particular attempt at fine
speaking, and he wanted everybody to pitch
in and help. He also wanted oil those pres
snt to join in the singing Mr.. b. b. Snow
was on the band stand in command Of the
music brigade. Mr.. W. L. Prichard led the
singing. The speakers called were, in the
order Of their speeches: General =. s. Post,
Of Galesburg; General w. Il. NJ. Wallace, o!
Chicago; General =. c. Hayes, Of Morris
General J. c. Smith, Lieut. Governor of Iii
nois and Captain Henry d. Dement, Secre
tary Of State. The remarks Of all these
gentlemen were very able, and were
loudly appauded. The speeches were inter.
spersed with music, both vocal and instru.
mental Many Of the songs were taken up
by the audience, and the chorus made To
sound loudly. Two or three of the speakers
took occasion to compliment the band in no
stinted terms. Ottawa may be proud of her
band, and Of Mr. Fitzgerald.
Friday.
ELECTION or OFFICERS.
Owing 10 the meeting held by the execu
tive oommjttee in the headnuarters font a,